Socastee Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Socastee: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Socastee spend about 40 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 168 hours, about 7.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 10% less time on the road than the South Carolina average of 22.3 minutes each way, a difference of 2.1 minutes.

Socastee holds about 0.4% of South Carolina's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Socastee would save about 67 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,081 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Socastee	20.1 min	40.3 min	168 hrs/yr	$5,202	4,294
South Carolina	22.3 min	44.5 min	186 hrs/yr	$5,753	1,499
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Socastee Commute Map

On average, it takes 20.1 minutes to get to work in Socastee. That's 10% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Socastee

• Car: 88.3%
• Worked at Home: 8.7%
• Walked: 1.6%
• Other: 1.3%
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Socastee: 197.7 times less than the South Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Socastee: 136.8 times less than the South Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.4%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Socastee: 4.6 times less than the South Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Biking is unusually rare in Socastee: 103.5 times less than the South Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Socastee, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Socastee get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

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• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Other
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	93.3%	3.2%	0.4%	2.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%
2010	91.7%	3.5%	0.7%	3.0%	0.1%	0.2%	0.6%	0.2%
2011	91.7%	3.9%	0.3%	2.7%	0.1%	0.0%	1.2%	0.1%
2012	91.9%	3.7%	0.2%	2.3%	0.0%	0.3%	1.4%	0.2%
2013	91.6%	4.0%	0.4%	2.4%	0.0%	0.3%	1.1%	0.1%
2014	90.8%	4.9%	0.4%	2.2%	0.0%	0.3%	1.3%	0.0%
2015	92.9%	4.1%	0.2%	1.2%	0.0%	0.4%	1.3%	0.0%
2016	93.5%	3.9%	0.1%	1.0%	0.2%	0.4%	0.9%	0.0%
2017	93.3%	3.9%	0.1%	1.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%
2018	92.8%	4.7%	0.5%	1.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2019	92.4%	3.9%	1.6%	1.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	92.0%	4.4%	1.7%	1.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	92.7%	4.2%	2.1%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	89.2%	7.4%	2.5%	0.9%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	89.9%	7.2%	1.8%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	88.3%	8.7%	1.6%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2016 at 93.5%. Overall it fell from 93.3% in 2009 to 88.3% in 2024, down 5.0 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Socastee: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 8.7% in 2024, up 5.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Riding a motorcycle peaked at 1.4% in 2012 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.

Commute Start Times in Socastee

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Socastee?

The bars show when commuters in Socastee leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show South Carolina for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM	12:00-4:59 AM Socastee3.3% South Carolina5.0%	3.3%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Socastee1.2% South Carolina3.7%	1.2%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Socastee2.8% South Carolina4.6%	2.8%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Socastee4.9% South Carolina9.1%	4.9%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Socastee8.8% South Carolina10.5%	8.8%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Socastee17.3% South Carolina15.3%	17.3%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Socastee8.1% South Carolina12.6%	8.1%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Socastee15.0% South Carolina11.1%	15.0%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Socastee5.1% South Carolina5.2%	5.1%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Socastee11.2% South Carolina6.1%	11.2%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Socastee5.6% South Carolina2.7%	5.6%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Socastee1.9% South Carolina1.2%	1.9%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Socastee10.6% South Carolina6.3%	10.6%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Socastee4.1% South Carolina6.6%	4.1%

Socastee South Carolina Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Socastee is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across South Carolina. Early starts are less common than in South Carolina: 7.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.2% there. The morning rush looks much like South Carolina's: 49.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (33.3%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Socastee, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Socastee Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Socastee next to South Carolina and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

• Socastee
• South Carolina
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Socastee	South Carolina	United States
2009	8:01 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:03 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:01 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:06 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:07 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:10 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:05 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:07 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:02 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:55 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:07 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:16 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:18 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:19 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:15 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:07 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Socastee were on the road by 8:07 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (8:01 AM). That goes against the trend across South Carolina, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Socastee now leave 29 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Socastee's commute time compare?

Metric	Socastee	South Carolina	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.1 min	22.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	8.7%	11.5%	15.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Socastee is 20.1 minutes, shorter than the 22.3 minutes in South Carolina.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in South Carolina. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as South Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau